So firstly
they will no longer accept novel submissions after the 2012 sub period, the
sheer volume of subs leads to over-saturation and (sounds like) it takes
up their remaining editing/coaching + proofreading time.

Few
thoughts on that, mostly HUZZAH! Less novel subs mean fewer authors and
competition and it means the staff have got some more time to notice mine and me.

Hmmm
to help that maybe I should create a blog to satisfy the trifecta of owning a social
media page, an updated personal blog and showing evidence of being a normal human
being. The BL authors all seem to have this nowadays. Happily I hadn’t intended
to attempt to write a novel again, shorts are the way I’m going so am rather
happy with that change.

Secondly,
the site set out the requirements for short story subs. ‘To
be an emailed to blah blah blah, send 500-1000 words of sample text and your
contact details’. That’s it. No need for a synopsis or even the finished short
story. In theory Waaagh.Orksmith@40kismylife.com
could quite comfortably fire off 500 words of gibbering fluff nonsense and be
as vociferous about not receiving a response as any genuine author.

This I’m
not a fan of (sound like a 40k fanboy much?). Mainly due to bitterness I freely admit. Having penned 3 separate short stories from start to finish ready for
the traditional May
1st – July 31st submission period it’d be nice if they didn’t
change the rules halfway through my personal challenge.

Thirdly,
hold on a minute...sample text only? Does that mean I don’t have to start on a synopsis for each sub? Oh joy! Synopses
seem to be a necessary and thus-far unwelcome part of the writing method,
whereby hacking apart my carefully crafted creation into a ‘blip-like’ summary
synopsis is demanded, seemingly to satisfy (in my eyes) the lazy editor.
Kidding, love them all really.

Fourthly.
HOLY BALL-ACHING SHITFIRE I’M LATE, THEY CHANGED THE DATE!

I didn’t
have a month, I was already 3 days late and better get a chop on.

Thus
far I’d not fully chosen my 1000 words sample text (go big or go home) that I wanted
for two of the three stories, mainly as I wanted to get the synopses finished
and tie them all off nicely. However I did rush off, picked my sample text,
cordially sent three separate emails with contact details attached and
attempted not to panic.

Must. Resist.
Checking. Emails.

Anyway,
its done now, in the mad panics absence I was feeling rather goal-less. I’d
been so confident of hitting my May deadline that I had mapped out the next
month's writing, assigning it for the synopses, so reading BL’s changes was a bit of a butt-kick.

Must
remember not to project seek now. Focus…I could blog I guess? I’ll also re-read the BL guidelines again, as I’m pretty sure it doesn’t say I can’t send short story
subs throughout the year.

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